The Learning Curve: Ryan James on Lecturing through YouTube

From YouTube-hosted lectures to gamifying the classroom, The Learning Curve is a series showcasing how course instructors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are embracing the online learning environment with creative approaches to teaching remotely.   In our latest instalment, Ryan James, a contract faculty member teaching in the Department of Anthropology and Urban […]

The Sgro Academic Leadership Entrance Award ($5,000)

NEW AWARD FOR URBAN STUDIES The Sgro Academic Leadership Entrance Award has been established 'in honour of Franco and Rosa Sgro, models of integrity, honour, and excellence, and true inspirations to their children. The Award will be given annually to an undergraduate student accepted into the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or the […]

SOSC Urban Planning Students Visit 307 (Sidewalk Labs), Toronto, October 2018

Celebrating internships and experiential education successes in LA&PS

This article originally appeared in yfile. The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) held its fifth annual celebration of Experiential Education (EE) on April 24. This year’s celebration focused on the successful launch of the first LA&PS internship program, as well as 13 programs with placements. “The intent of celebration is, first of […]

CivicSpark

2nd Place Finalist - Civic Spark Marcia Garnes, Urban Studies student,  and three other York students entered themselves in the CivicSpark Undergraduate Public Policy Competition where they took second place. CivicSpark is a University of Toronto organization that is "dedicated to empowering a new generation of city builders. By providing a non-partisan platform, they will […]

University of Toronto's annual Undergraduate Public Policy Case Competition

University of Toronto's second annual Undergraduate Public Policy Case Competition, "Building Up the 6ix" is on March 11th 2017! Students will sign up in teams to tackle a case on Affordable Housing. Together they will create a solution and present it to our illustrious panel of judges at the competition. If your work is dubbed […]

Urban Studies SOSC 3700 Field Trip to Buffalo, November 2016